Discrete Mathematics for Computing
This book is a short, concise introduction to key mathematical ideas for computing students which develops their understanding of discrete mathematics and its application in computing. The topics are presented in a well defined, logical order that...
Fundamentals Of Mathematical Analysis
Providing students with a clear and understandable introduction to the fundamentals of analysis, this book continues to present the fundamental concepts of analysis in as painless a manner as possible. To achieve this aim, the second edition...
William Blake in Context
William Blake in Context
Aspects of Teaching Secondary Mathematics
If learners in the classroom are to be excited by mathematics, teachers need to be both well informed about current initiatives and able to see how what is expected of them can be translated into rich and stimulating classroom strategies. The book...
Leprosy and Empire
An innovative, interdisciplinary study of why leprosy, a disease with a very low level of infection, has repeatedly provoked revulsion and fear. Rod Edmond explores, in particular, how these reactions were refashioned in the modern colonial period...
Asymmetric Warfare
In recent years, the nature of conflict has changed. Through asymmetric warfare radical groups and weak state actors are using unexpected means to deal stunning blows to more powerful opponents in the West. From terrorism to information warfare, t...
Beginning Software Engineering
Discover the foundations of software engineering with this easy and intuitive guide In the newly updated second edition of Beginning Software Engineering, expert programmer and tech educator Rod Stephens delivers an instructive and intuitive intro...
Printed Antennas for Wireless Communications
Printed antennas, also known as microstrip antennas, have a variety of beneficial properties including mechanical durability, conformability, compactness and cheap manufacturing costs. As such, they have a range of applications in both the militar...
Dear Zoo Little Library
This special slipcase of miniature board books based on the much-loved preschool classic is perfect for a new generation of little Dear Zoo fans. Dear Zoo Little Library is packed with favourite animals, from puppies and kittens to lions and penguins, and contains four sturdy books which introduce key early learning concepts in Numbers and Colours, as well as toddlers' favourite creatures in Pets and Wild Animals. Rod Campbell's lift-the-flap book Dear Zoo has been a firm favourite with toddlers and parents alike ever since it was first published in 1982, and the Dear Zoo Little Library is sure to delight fans of the original story, as well as young children coming to it for the first time.
Representing Sport
Sport stories and sports coverage are transforming the media. Live sports events are central to the success of new TV services based on subscription and pay-per-view. The antics of sports stars provide a rich source of 'human interest' for the glo...
Making Political Ecology
Making Political Ecology presents a comprehensive view of an important new field in human geography and interdisciplinary studies of nature-society relations. Tracing the development of political ecology from its origins in geography and ecologica...
Brute Souls, Happy Beasts, and Evolution
In this provocative inquiry into the status of animals in human society from the fifth century BC to the present, Rod Preece provides a wholly new perspective on the human-animal relationship. He skillfully demonstrates that, counter to prevailing...
Make Brilliant Work
'Everyone would benefit from reading Judkins, if only because he is so entertaining . . . packed with counterintuitive insights and hard truths' - Psychology Today Make Brilliant Work is an inspiring guide to unlocking your creative potential, sho...
Dear Zoo
Lift the flaps and join in the fun with Rod Campbell's classic, Dear Zoo, with a host of favourite zoo animals and flaps to lift on every page. 'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet . . .' Young children will love lifting the flaps to discover the ...
Unseemly Science
In the divided land of England, Elizabeth Barnabus has been living a double life - as both herself and as her brother, the private detective. Witnessing the brutal hanging of someone very close to her, Elizabeth resolves to throw the¿Bullet Catche...
Analysing Practical and Professional Texts
Analysing Practical and Professional Texts focuses on texts as constituents of human usage, showing how written documents and other 'texts' are integral to social organization. It reveals social organization itself to be not only textually-mediate...
Alcohol: A History
Whether as wine, beer, or spirits, alcohol has had a constant and often controversial role in social life. In his innovative book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Rod Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history, ...
Ideas Are Your Only Currency
FUTURE-PROOFING FOR THINKERS. 'What skills and abilities will a student need to prosper in five, ten, or fifteen years' time?' In a world of change, where skills become out of date quickly, it is ideas that last. We all need to be prepared for a w...
Art of Creative Thinking
OVER 150,000 COPIES SOLD NOW WITH 13 NEW CHAPTERS TO UNLOCK YOUR CREATIVITY Learn the art of creative thinking to transform your mind, your work, and the world around you Too often we go through life on autopilot. We restrict our imagination and s...
Modal Logics and Philosophy
The first edition, published by Acumen in 2000, became a prescribed textbook on modal logic courses. The second edition has been fully revised in response to readers' suggestions, including two new chapters on conditional logic, which was not cove...
Figurative Painting with Collage
Collage is an innovative and exciting technique that invigorates the artistic process through unusual associations and dislocated imagery. This practical book shows how collage can be used to portray the figure in new and challenging ways. Written...
Level 1: Speed Queens
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. ¿ Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge r...
Dear Zoo
Now in a Classic Board Book edition, 'Dear Zoo' long has been a lap-time favorite. The story starts with a letter to the zoo requesting a pet. But as the colorful flaps reveal, most of the animals are inappropriate--until the perfect one arrives. Full color.
Possible Worlds
Ever since Saul Kripke and others developed a semantic interpretation for modal logic, 'possible worlds' has been a much debated issue in contemporary metaphysics. To propose the idea of a possible world that differs in some way from our actual wo...
Black Reed Bay
When a young woman vanishes from an exclusive oceanfront community in the middle of the night, Detective Casey Wray's takes on a case that leads her in chilling, unexpected directions ? A twisty, breath-taking police procedural. First in a heart-p...